translation to the bosom of Abraham
was the invention of Pop and subsequent
commercial plebnoise to sap young minds
of intellectual vitality,
cushion their brains against cogitation,
and smother their thoughts in infantile banality.
[listen]
Sunday 7 April 2013
The reason why musical satire died
long, long before Tom Lehrer's
translation to the bosom of Abraham
was the invention of Pop and subsequent
commercial plebnoise to sap young minds
of intellectual vitality,
cushion their brains against cogitation,
and smother their thoughts in infantile banality.
[listen]
translation to the bosom of Abraham
was the invention of Pop and subsequent
commercial plebnoise to sap young minds
of intellectual vitality,
cushion their brains against cogitation,
and smother their thoughts in infantile banality.
[listen]
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Perhaps some of the senility is displayed on Mr Lehrers website, which can be found by clicking on the picture. Many of the links there don't work and there is no obvious point of contact to tell the owner....
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